Hobby-horse



UNITED .STATES PHILLIP J. MARQU'A,

PATENT OFFICE.

0Fv UINGINNATI, OHIO.

HOBBY-i-ioasE.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 46,258, dated Felruary 7,1865.

T0-all whom it 11mg/ concer-nc Be it known that l, PnlLIP- J. MARQUA, of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Hobby-Horses; and I do hereby declare the followin g(` to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the .accompanying drawings, malring part of this specification.

My invention belongs to the class known as rearing hobby horses, and relates to'provisions wherehytwo or morechildren may ride on the apparatus at the same time, and to a device whereby each child may assist in the rocking of the horse, vand also to a method of counterbalancing` any inequality in the Weight ot' the children, and to a peculiar form of spring.

The horse vA has its hind legs secured to the vibrating benin B, whose forward end is' screwed fast to the horses belly by the screw I. rIhe beam B has an axle,'0, which journais in standards D D', projecting vertically froml the base E. The beam B is attached to the axle C by bolts or screws F F', which, passing through slots G G in the beam B, permit the apparatus 'to be .adjusted to suit the dilferent weights of the riders occupying the horse and seat.

' When it is desired to have a child ride in the seat alone, the horse may be set farther forward by the screws Q, which pass through the hind hoof's of the horse, and also by the screw I?, which passes' through the forward part of the beam- B' into the horses belly. The rear end of the beam B terminates in a bracket, H, having-the carriage-seat I secured -t-i it, and under this seatthere is attached` to the bracket H an india-rubber thong, K, occu' pying a stal-ileorotherwise secured on the un der side of the seat I, and whose'ends are secured in aclamp, L L" M. A greater tension can be given to the thong 4K by drawing its herein shown so long as I attain thedesired result vby means substantially equivalent. For example, the axle on which the horse-ri brates may be 'xed rigidly in standards, the

said axle in any preferred way; or my invention may be modified by placing twohorses on the vibrating beam B with only one seat between them, or two horses and two seats may be attached to the base E.

` I claim herein as new and of my inventionl. The combined rearing hobby-horse A, vi-A brating beam B, seat I, and spring K, arranged and operating substantially as set forth.

2. The slots G G and the devices for the relative adjustment of .the seat and horse, as explained. l

3. The arrangement of the rearing;` hobbyhorse A, seat l, reins O 0', and pulley T, adapted to operate-.as set forth. A

4. The india-rubber thong K `and clamp L L" lVL'arranged as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

Witnesses y l J AMES H. LAYMAN, (ino.l H. KNIGHT.

myself to the precise arrangement of parts hind hoofs of the horse beingjournaled upon r4.1. MAEQUA. 

